He may have been handled with ease by rising star Yair Rodriguez, but B.J. Penn led all fighters in disclosed paydays after UFC Fight Night 103.

Penn (16-11-2 MMA, 12-10-2 UFC) was stopped by a Rodriguez (9-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) TKO 24 seconds into the second round in his comeback fight after a retirement of more than two years. But he took home $150,000 in defeat. Rodriguez picked up a six-figure paycheck of his own with $100,000, including a $50,000 win bonus.

The card’s other big earner was lightweight Joe Lauzon (27-12 MMA, 14-9 UFC), who took a highly debatable split decision from Marcin Held (22-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in the co-main event. Lauzon himself admitted after the fight that Held should have had his hand raised. But the getting one more round from a third judge made a $58,000 difference for Lauzon, who pocketed $116,000. Held took home $20,000 in the loss, but would have doubled it with a win.

MMAjunkie obtained the list of disclosed payouts from the Arizona Boxing & Mixed Martial Arts Commission, part of the Arizona Department of Gaming, which oversaw Sunday’s card at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. he main card aired on FS1 following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, including the official UFC Athlete Outfitting sponsorship program pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC Fight Night 103 fight-night bonuses to Rodriguez and Oleinik (“Performance of the Night”) and Mendes and Saenz (“Fight of the Night”).

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

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